IEEE (PI)² Austin – (PES, PELS, IES, IAS, and PSES)

Evan Rogers discussed the benefits, challenges and potential opportunities that nuclear energy can bring to the legacy grid. He presented a deeper dive into the benefits and challenges including: environmental safety, efficiency, cost & integration into the grid. Eric presented study cases for past & current nuclear failures, lessons learned along the way & how these lessons have fostered new engineering philosophies of nuclear energy. Biography:  Evan Rogers is an Electrical Engineer in Training with 7 years of experience under his belt in the power, research & technology industry. During his academic studies at Texas Tech University, he spent a year researching an alternative material, Thorium, along with the energy yield Thorium provides & the minimal enviormential impact it has. Evan is currently working as an Electrical Design Engineer at Ulteig. Register Here Topic: Going Nuclear on the Electrical Grid Abstract: This presentation will be discussing the benefits, challenges and potential opportunities that nuclear energy can bring to the legacy grid. We will take a deeper dive into the benefits and challenges including: environmental safety, efficiency, cost & integration into the grid. Study cases for past & current nuclear failures, lessons learned along the way & how these lessons have fostered new engineering philosophies of nuclear energy. Presenter: Evan Rogers Biography: Evan Rogers is an Electrical Engineer in Training with 7 years of experience under his belt in the power, research & technology industry. During his academic studies at Texas Tech University, he spent a year researching an alternative material, Thorium, along with the energy yield Thorium provides & the minimal environmental impact it has. Evan is currently working as an Electrical Design Engineer at Ulteig.  

Register Here Topic: Retrofit VS Rip & Replace - When is it the Right Choice? With the lead-time of new gear in todays market, we can typically provide a retrofit solution in half the time. The existing site has already made an investment in their existing gear that can be built on instead of being replaced. The alternative to retrofitting your gear when making a decision is paying a premium for expediting new gear. Retrofitting can be recommended for a number of reasons, timeline of the project, location of the gear (basement with limited access, rooftop etc…), the space requirement per new code for clearances, changing out the gear would require more space so walls have to come down. There are way more reasons to chose retrofitting than just cost. Presenter: Doug Lee Biography: I have more than 35 years’ experience in service, electrical, design, sales, and start-up of electrical, energy management systems, and building control systems.  I have been with Siemens for the last 28 years. I am presently the National Business Manager for Electrical Services covering the Midwest, Southwest, and our Federal business. While with Siemens, I have served as an Electrical Supervisor, Systems Specialist, Account Engineer, LAN Administrator, Operations Supervisor, Operations Manager and Service Salesman. Prior to being employed by Siemens I was an electrician managing the installation/servicing of low/medium voltage systems, as well as installation of automation, fire and security systems.